US 322
Yearbook
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXV (2000)
Jurisdiction
United States
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Full text decision US 322
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US 322. United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 16 August 1999
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Arbitral award not considered as domestic (paragraph 1)
The court discusses which awards are considered non-domestic even if rendered in the State of enforcement (international element, lex mercatoria).
500
Grounds for refusal of enforcement in general
The court discusses the overall scheme and/or pro-enforcement bias of the Convention.
518
Paragraph 2 - Distinction domestic-international public policy
Public policy: The court discusses the meaning of (international as compared to domestic) public policy, generally defined as the basic notions of morality and justice of the enforcement State.
519
Ground a: Arbitrability
Public policy: The court discusses cases in which the subject matter of the award was not arbitrable in the enforcement State on public policy grounds.